I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Livonia Republican Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has made his bid for the GOP nomination for president, but both organized labor and anti-union groups say they will be watching him closely.
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation which eliminates the state’s Michigan Business Tax and Surcharge, replacing it with a six percent tax on businesses. The tax package also included provisions to roll back the Earned Income Tax Credit, eliminate the college tax credit and other programs.
Live coverage of the demonstration underway in Lansing is available here.
LANSING — With over 1,000 union members and supporters on the lawn, and hundreds packing the Capitol dome chanting “kill the bill,” the GOP-controlled state Senate pushed the controversial Emergency Financial Manager legislation to the precipice of passage on Tuesday.
A crowd estimated to be between 1000 and 1500 people gathered in Lansing Tuesday to rally, protest and lobby against a series of GOP bills which they say would erode organized labor’s influence in Michigan.
Nolan Finley of the Detroit News reports that the state’s major unions — the UAW, AFL-CIO and MEA — “have committed to an intense two-week push to get Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero over the top in the Aug. 3 gubernatorial primary.” He then provides some details of what he’s heard about that push:
The House Republican Caucus unveiled its state budget proposal Tuesday morning, a plan they claim will close the state’s budget deficit of $1.8 billion without any new revenue streams.
Lansing based Democratic consultant Joe DiSano says the Michigan AFL-CIO has voted to endorse Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero for governor.
Yesterday we reported that a Whirlpool vice president had warned workers at their Evansville plant, which is slated to be closed and the jobs moved to Mexico, not to protest or they may risk their future employment possibilities. The union that represents workers at that plant has now filed a federal complaint over what they [...]
In the wake of a contentious meeting between Democratic U.S. Rep. John Dingell of Dearborn, and constituents about health care reform, the AFL-CIO union has entered the fray. According to a story on MLive.com, Frank Gaffney, head of the AFL-CIO in Michigan, told WJR’s Frank Beckman the union wants to be there to support health [...]
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